Name: Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Butter Or Margarine; 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil; ⅓ cups Onion, Chopped; ⅓ cups Carrots, Chopped; ½ cups Canned Fire-roasted Tomatoes; 2 whole Roasted Red Peppers, Chopped (I Used Jarred); 1 whole Canned Chipotle Pepper In Adobo Sauce, Minced; ½ cups Chicken Broth; ½ cups Cayenne Pepper To Taste

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Serves 2

Prep25 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Butter Or Margarine
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
⅓ cups Onion, Chopped
⅓ cups Carrots, Chopped
½ cups Canned Fire-roasted Tomatoes
2 whole Roasted Red Peppers, Chopped (I Used Jarred)
1 whole Canned Chipotle Pepper In Adobo Sauce, Minced
½ cups Chicken Broth
½ cups Cayenne Pepper To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

497Calories

35 gProtein

30 gFat

25 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Sauce	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,606 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, olive, onion, tomato, pepper, sauce, chicken):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Okrafits about as well
Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, olive, onion, tomato, pepper, sauce, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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